hledger/examples/budgeting/forecast-budget-4.budget

; A detailed forecast budget, defined with periodic transaction rules.

; all amount are imaginary and will be either 1000 or 100 or 10

; monthly wages and monthy expenses (which get deducted as a single transaction per month)
~ every 1st day of month from 2017-01-01
    income:work                 £-1000
    liabilities:mortgage        £100
    expenses:bills              £100
    assets:current

; regular expenses that either occur once per week (groceries, car
; fuel), or could be expressed as a weekly total easier than a daily
; spending - like commute on weekdays (but not on weekends!)
~ weekly from 2017-01-02
    expenses:travel:commute     £10
    expenses:food:groceries     £10
    expenses:car:fuel           £10
    expenses:misc               £10
    assets:current

; tax that is deducted quarterly in four installments
~ every 90 days from 2017-01-15
    expenses:council tax        £100
    assets:current

; investment that pays out almost quartery, roughly on last day on quarter
~ every 90 days from 2017/03/30
    income:investments         £-1000
    assets:current

; School-related expenses are collected every 2 month, but not when the school is out
~ every 60 days from 2017/01/01 to 2017/05/30
  expenses:school              £100 
  assets:current

~ every 60 days from 2017/08/01 to 2017/12/31
  expenses:school              £100 
  assets:current
  

; Big once-per-year expenses
~ every 15th Aug
    expenses:fun                  £100 ;  birthday 1
    assets:current

~ every 15th Sep
    expenses:fun                  £100 ;  birthday 2
    assets:current

~ every 25th Dec
    expenses:fun                  £100 ;  Christmas and New Year
    assets:current

~ every 15th Feb
    expenses:fun                  £100 ;  birthday 3
    assets:current

~ every 1st Apr
    expenses:fun                  £100 ;  birthday 4
    assets:current

~ every 1st Jun
   expenses:car:insurance    £100
   assets:current

;; Events that happen once
~ 2017-01-29
   income:work   £-1234  ; bonus
   assets:current

~ 2017-01-20
   expenses:tax office    £100 ; capital gains tax
   assets:current

~ 2017-03-15
  expenses:home:renovations   £100 ; renovations 1
  assets:current 

~ 2017-05-15
  expenses:home:renovations   £100 ; renovations 2
  assets:current 

2017-01-01
  expenses:misc   £1
  assets:current